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Chapters 17-22 from K. al-Kashf wa’l-Bayān. based on MS Or. 2606 in the British Museum.
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Translations with comments and annotations from: Barrādī: K. al-Jawāhir (lith., Cairo 1302/1884-5, 111-147) (1-73); Shammākhī: K. al-Siyar (Cairo 1301, 45-56) (74-87); Naṣr b. Muzāḥim al-Minqarī: Waqʿat Ṣiffīn (88-92); index of names and Arabic terms in Veccia Vaglieri 1952 and in this article (92-98).
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the ʿAlī - Muʿāwiya conflict is a historical moment which is interesting not only owing to the very serious consequences it brought in the Islamic world, but because it gives rise to a lot of problems still unsolved or whose solution is not satisfactory. The islamists had till now for the study of the Caliphate of ʿAlī availed themselves only of philo-alid or philo-umayyad sources. The author has observed, in the course of her reading Ibāḍī texts, that two of them, the Jawāhir of al-Barrādī and the Siyar of al-Shammākhī, have handed down to us on this period of history very ancient Khārijite or philo-khārijite traditions taken from K. al-Nahrawān which was probably composed during the first half of the 2nd century A.H. The above said traditions have been of great importance to the author for two reasons, i.e.: they allowed her to fix the point of view of the Khārijites, a vague point till now; and have supplied her with the key to enable her to understand many passages of other sources (Ṭabarī, Balādhurī, Dīnawarī, Yaʿqūbī, Masʿūdī, etc. already studied by the islamists, and the Waqʿat Ṣiffīn of Naṣr b. Muzāḥim almost not utilized till now, while it supplies with information of the greatest importance).
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"The first civil war 656-61 and the party antagonisms emerging from it have proved to be of crucial importance to the development of Islam. No wonder, then, that subsequent interpretations of the 'Ali-Mu'āwiya conflict provoked serious misrepresentations of the actual course of events. In a previous study I have tried to reconstruct some trends and problems of this conflict on the basis of the primary sources. This book presents an attempt to trace the formation of the historical tradition associated with the first civil war by applying modern standards of historical method. I have finally tried to establish an outline of the genesis of 'profane' historical writing in Islam, in so far as the 'Ali-Mu'āwiya conflict can be considered paradigmatic. The book thus aims at combining a 'historiographical' and methodical study of the early conflicts in Islam"--
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The murder of ‘Uthmân was an important turning-point in Islamic history, and the story of how opposition in the provinces, particularly Egypt, combined with opposition at Medina itself and brought about the Caliph's death has been repeated many times. Accounts in sources such as al-Tabarî's History and al-Balâdhurîs Ansâb al-ashrâf bring together much transmitted detail concerning this dénouement. Caetani's monumental Annali dell'Islam serves as an extensive compilation of such detail, and Wellhausen, Levi Delia Vida, Gibb, Veccia Vaglieri and Petersen are only some of the other modern scholars who have commented on the event. Perhaps Professor Gibb best expresses the current view of the background to it in his thought-provoking article entitled ‘An interpretation of Islamic history’, where he sees in the caliphate of 'Uthmân a conflict between two main parties, the Meccans and the ‘tribesmen’. He points out that the Meccan merchants had been swift to seize the opportunities of wealth which arose in the immediate post-conquest phase, and goes on to say that in the course of 'Uthman's caliphate there arose at Medina ‘growing resentment at the rapid affirmation of Meccan political control… and the economic exploitation of the empire. Open discontent was first expressed by several religious personalities, whose conscience was shocked by the worldliness and grasping materialism displayed in the name of Islam. But these only provided a rallying-cry and a cloak for the material grievances of the tribesmen and Medinians, who swung into line behind them.’ Gibb therefore sees a total of four alignments, of which the Meccans and the tribesmen were the main parties, while the Medinans and the so-called religious party were secondary in importance.
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